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Review Sony Pictures Home Entertainment / Wolf [1994]
Actors & Directors
  • Jack Nicholson
  • Richard Jenkins
  • James Spader
  • Kate Nelligan
  • Michelle Pfeiffer
  • Mike Nichols
Release date: 1995-10-23
Run time: 120 min.
Creator: Wesley Strick
Price: £13.99

Review Wolf [1994] / Sony Pictures Home Entertainment:

Sophisticated to a point, this well-executed wolf-man tale works due to its clever setting and enormous star power. We all know Jack Nicholson can go nuts but the script makes his character aware of his changes, sometimes for the better, early on. The setting, a publishing house in the middle of a takeover, gives the characters dramatic life before the horror elements kicks in. A senior editor about to get the boot, Nicholson's character becomes a new man after being bitten by a wolf. He takes on challenges at work, lives a more robust life and attracts a new love. But will his new-found energy consume him? Director Mike Nicholson keeps the action alive in the first half but the film peters out at the end with cheap theatrics and the overuse of slow motion. Michelle Pfeiffer has little to do as simply the love interest with a grittier than average personality. Better is James Spader as a smarmy colleague. Nicholson is in fine form, relying on his keen gift to spark interest (a twitch of the head, a look in the eyes), instead of heavy doses of movie make-up. Giuseppe Rotunno's sweeping camerawork sets the mood quite well. [+]
Wolf is easy to recommend, with the added feature it's hardly gratuitous. -Doug Thomas.

Review Warner Home Video / Babylon 5 - Vol. 4.07 - Rumours, Bargains And Lies / Moments Of Transition [1994]
Actors & Directors
  • Jerry Doyle
  • Mira Furlan
  • Richard Biggs
  • Bruce Boxleitner
  • Peter Jurasik
Release date: 1998-07-13
Creator: J. Michael Straczynski
RRP: £12.99
Price: £9.99

Review Babylon 5 - Vol. 4.07 - Rumours, Bargains And Lies / Moments Of Transition [1994] / Warner Home Video:


Review Manga Entertainment / Rumik World - Maris The Wondergirl
Actors & Directors
  • Motosuke Takahashi
Release date: 1994-07-11
Run time: 47 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £8.70

Review Rumik World - Maris The Wondergirl / Manga Entertainment:


Review Mia Video Entertainment Ltd / The Seventh Curse - Special Edition - Plus Cinema Trailer
Actors & Directors
  • Ngai Kai Lam
  • Siu-hou Chin
  • Yuen Chor
  • Yun-Fat Chow
  • Ken Boyle
  • Maggie Cheung
Release date: 1998-07-20
Run time: 93 min.
Creator: Gai Chi Yuen
RRP: £13.99
Price: £14.89

Review The Seventh Curse - Special Edition - Plus Cinema Trailer / Mia Video Entertainment Ltd:

A standout "midnight movie" thrill-fest from Hong Kong circa 1986. Everything under the sun comes rushing at us at 90 miles an hour. It begins as a cop action film but quickly becomes a globetrotting supernatural adventure set in jungle Thailand. A travelling scientist witnesses a savage native ritual and receives an icky curse for his pains: he is forced to swallow a bolus of bloody goo that causes periodic cork-popping spurts of fluid from his limbs: the Zits from Hell. Splatterific production numbers include flying killer alien-baby monsters, a spinal-cord-eating walking skeleton (a. k. a. "The Old Ancestor"), a huge stone-block Baby Press (don't ask), and a troupe of Ninja monks who fight on ropes dangling from a giant Buddha. Chow Yun-fat has a virtual cameo as the pipe-puffing occultist Wisely (the smarty-pants Peter Cushing figure), who offs the scariest monster with a handy rocket launcher. The original Chinese title, Dr. [+]
Yuen and Wisely, names the heroes of two long-running series of pulp novels by Ai Hong (aka Ni Kuang), who also wrote every other major kung fu movie of the 1970s, from One-Armed Swordsman to Fist of Fury. (The writer appears as himself in a framing cocktail party sequence, introducing his two heroes to each other. ) There are several other Wisely films, including the glorious Legend of Wisely (with Sam Huim in the title role) and the lamentable Bury Me High. Director Lan Wei-tsang also helmed the much less satisfying Phoenix King and Saga of the Phoenix, with Yuen Biao. -David Chute.

Review Pioneer Entertainment Europe Ltd / Tenchi Muyo - Vol. 4 [1993]
Release date: 1995-09-25
Run time: 45 min.
Price: £12.99

Review Tenchi Muyo - Vol. 4 [1993] / Pioneer Entertainment Europe Ltd:


Actors & Directors
  • Kevin Dunn
  • Roland Emmerich
  • Maria Pitillo
  • Matthew Broderick
  • Hank Azaria
  • Jean Reno
Release date: 1998-06-29
Run time: 99 min.
Creator: Terry Rossio
Price: £5.99

Review Godzilla - The Return Of Godzilla [1984] [1998] / ITV DVD:

As "gigantic monster reptile attacks New York" movies go, you've got to admit that Godzilla delivers the goods, although its critical drubbing and box-office disappointment were arguably deserved. It's a shameless, uninspired crowd-pleaser that's content to serve up familiar action with the advantage of really fantastic special effects, and if you expect nothing more you'll be one among millions of satisfied customers. There's really no other way to approach it-you just have to accept the fact that Independence Day creators Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin are unapologetic plagiarists, incapable of anything more than mindless spectacle that can play in any cinema in the world without dubbing or subtitles. The whole movie plays out like a series of highlights stolen from previous blockbusters of the 1990s; it's little more than a rehash of the Jurassic Park movies. The derivative script is so trivial that it's unworthy of comment, apart from a few choice laughs and the casting of Michael Lerner as New York's mayor, whose name is Ebert and who closely resembles a certain well-known movie critic. Perhaps that's a clever hint that this movie's essentially critic-proof. It's stupid but it's fun, and for most audiences that's a fitting definition of mainstream Hollywood entertainment. -Jeff Shannon Zorro, a pop-fiction creation invented by Johnston McCulley in 1918, is given new blood in this fast-moving and engaging version. Director Martin Campbell wisely instils a measure of frivolity into the deftly choreographed action sequences, while letting a serious tone creep in when appropriate. This covers much ground under the banner of romantic-action-adventure and it does so most excellently. [+]
-Rochelle O'Gorman, Amazon. com Godzilla delivers the goods, although its critical drubbing and box-office disappointment were arguably deserved. It's a shameless, uninspired crowd-pleaser that's content to serve up familiar action with the advantage of really fantastic special effects, and if you expect nothing more you'll be one among millions of satisfied customers. The whole movie plays out like a series of highlights stolen from previous blockbusters of the 1990s. -Jeff Shannon, Amazon. com.

Review Warner Home Video / Babylon 5 - In The Beginning [1998]
Actors & Directors
  • Richard Biggs
  • Andreas Katsulas
  • Peter Jurasik
  • Bruce Boxleitner
  • Mira Furlan
  • Michael Vejar
Release date: 1998-07-27
Run time: 90 min.
Creator: Susan Norkin
RRP: £14.99
Price: £0.63

Review Babylon 5 - In The Beginning [1998] / Warner Home Video:

In the gap between seasons four and five of Babylon 5, fans suffering withdrawal symptoms were sated by this first TV movie. As a prequel to the series' timeline, creator J. Michael Straczynski had an awful lot of continuity to consider. Amazingly, there's only one inconsistency throughout (a matter of who met whom and when), making this an essential part of the overall storyline. The tale is told cleverly from the future as the remembrances of Londo (Peter Jurasik), who is now Emperor of a dying Centauri homeworld. He looks back at the beginnings of the Earth-Minbari war and links together many clues strewn throughout the shows' early years. We see exactly how Delenn contributed to the first blows, the death of dignitary Dukhat, and most importantly what really happened to Sinclair (Michael O'Hare) at the Battle of the Line. The FX showcased by the battle are genuinely spectacular, but overshadowed by the make-up department which had the thankless task of making everyone look younger. Their best success is on an uncredited Claudia Christian who appears as an 18-year-old Susan Ivanova dealing with the death of her brother. Being a prequel there's little in the way of a surprise finale, but there's plenty of intrigue along the way. [+]
-Paul Tonks.

Review Contender Entertainment Group / Todd McFarlane's Spawn - Episodes 7 And 8
Actors & Directors
  • Jennifer Yuh
  • Richard Dysart
  • James Keane
  • Michael McShane
  • Frank Paur
  • Keith David
  • Chuck Patton
  • Brad Rader
  • Dominique Jennings
  • Eric Radomski
Release date: 1998-07-20
Run time: 55 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £4.77

Review Todd McFarlane's Spawn - Episodes 7 And 8 / Contender Entertainment Group:


Review 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment / Millennium - Vol. 7 - Force Majeure / The Thin White Line [1996]
Actors & Directors
  • Megan Gallagher
  • Lance Henriksen
  • Klea Scott
  • Brittany Tiplady
  • Terry O'Quinn
Release date: 1998-07-27
Run time: 86 min.
Creator: Chris Carter
RRP: £12.99
Price: £1.99

Review Millennium - Vol. 7 - Force Majeure / The Thin White Line [1996] / 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment:


Review Warner Home Video / Babylon 5 - Vol. 4.05 - Atonement / Racing Mars [1994]
Actors & Directors
  • Bruce Boxleitner
  • Peter Jurasik
  • Mira Furlan
  • Richard Biggs
  • Jerry Doyle
Release date: 1998-06-22
Run time: 83 min.
Creator: J. Michael Straczynski
RRP: £12.99
Price: £0.95

Review Babylon 5 - Vol. 4.05 - Atonement / Racing Mars [1994] / Warner Home Video:


Review 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment / Millennium - Vol. 8 - Sacrament / Walkabout [1996]
Actors & Directors
  • Klea Scott
  • Brittany Tiplady
  • Lance Henriksen
  • Terry O'Quinn
  • Megan Gallagher
Release date: 1998-07-27
Run time: 86 min.
Creator: Chris Carter
RRP: £12.99
Price: £2.44

Review Millennium - Vol. 8 - Sacrament / Walkabout [1996] / 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment:


Review Mia Video Entertainment Ltd / July 13th
Actors & Directors
  • David Wu
  • Suet-Man Lee
  • Lan Law
  • Wellson Chin
  • Michelle Reis
  • Chi Wah Wong
Release date: 1998-07-20
Run time: 98 min.
Creator: Jimmy Wong
RRP: £13.99
Price: £5.00

Review July 13th / Mia Video Entertainment Ltd:


Review Warner Home Video / Babylon 5 - Vol. 7 - Signs And Portents / TKO [1994]
Actors & Directors
  • Mira Furlan
  • Richard Biggs
  • Peter Jurasik
  • Bruce Boxleitner
  • Jerry Doyle
Release date: 1995-09-18
Run time: 84 min.
Creator: J. Michael Straczynski
RRP: £12.99
Price: £0.97

Review Babylon 5 - Vol. 7 - Signs And Portents / TKO [1994] / Warner Home Video:


Review Screen Edge / Invasion For Flesh And Blood [1996]
Actors & Directors
  • Adrienne D'Accardi
  • Kathy Monks
  • Kenneth J. Arotin
  • James Cirronella
  • Warren Disbrow Sr.
  • Warren F. Disbrow
Release date: 1998-05-04
Run time: 83 min.
Creator: Warren F. Disbrow
Price: £12.99

Review Invasion For Flesh And Blood [1996] / Screen Edge:


Review Mia Video Entertainment Ltd / The Seventh Curse
Actors & Directors
  • Ken Boyle
  • Ngai Kai Lam
  • Yun-Fat Chow
  • Maggie Cheung
  • Siu-hou Chin
  • Yuen Chor
Release date: 1998-07-20
Run time: 93 min.
Creator: Gai Chi Yuen
RRP: £12.99
Price: £1.26

Review The Seventh Curse / Mia Video Entertainment Ltd:

A standout "midnight movie" thrill-fest from Hong Kong circa 1986. Everything under the sun comes rushing at us at 90 miles an hour. It begins as a cop action film but quickly becomes a globetrotting supernatural adventure set in jungle Thailand. A travelling scientist witnesses a savage native ritual and receives an icky curse for his pains: he is forced to swallow a bolus of bloody goo that causes periodic cork-popping spurts of fluid from his limbs: the Zits from Hell. Splatterific production numbers include flying killer alien-baby monsters, a spinal-cord-eating walking skeleton (a. k. a. "The Old Ancestor"), a huge stone-block Baby Press (don't ask), and a troupe of Ninja monks who fight on ropes dangling from a giant Buddha. Chow Yun-fat has a virtual cameo as the pipe-puffing occultist Wisely (the smarty-pants Peter Cushing figure), who offs the scariest monster with a handy rocket launcher. The original Chinese title, Dr. [+]
Yuen and Wisely, names the heroes of two long-running series of pulp novels by Ai Hong (aka Ni Kuang), who also wrote every other major kung fu movie of the 1970s, from One-Armed Swordsman to Fist of Fury. (The writer appears as himself in a framing cocktail party sequence, introducing his two heroes to each other. ) There are several other Wisely films, including the glorious Legend of Wisely (with Sam Huim in the title role) and the lamentable Bury Me High. Director Lan Wei-tsang also helmed the much less satisfying Phoenix King and Saga of the Phoenix, with Yuen Biao. -David Chute.

Review ITV DVD / Godzilla VS Hedorah [1971]
Release date: 1998-06-29
Run time: 82 min.
Price: £5.99

Review Godzilla VS Hedorah [1971] / ITV DVD:


Review Salvation Films / The Curse Of The Vampire [1971]
Actors & Directors
  • Ines Skorpio
  • Nicholas Ney
  • Diana Sorel
  • Joseph Lacy
  • Loretta Martin
  • Beatriz Lacy
Release date: 2000-01-24
Run time: 85 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £2.76

Review The Curse Of The Vampire [1971] / Salvation Films:


Actors & Directors
  • Helena Bonham Carter
  • Kenneth Branagh
  • Tom Hulce
  • Aidan Quinn
  • Robert De Niro
  • Kenneth Branagh
Release date: 1995-10-23
Run time: 118 min.
Creator: Steph Lady
Price: £13.99

Review Mary Shelley's Frankenstein [1994] / Sony Pictures Home Entertainment:

Let's be honest: this should be titled Wretched Excess' Frankenstein. Swooping, wild, bloody, and energetic, this is bad moviemaking from the best, which makes it all the more loveable. Kenneth Branagh plays Victor Frankenstein, a man so obsessed with conquering death that he decides to create life. What he gets, after a protoplasmic mud wrestle, is a Mean Streets monster (Robert De Niro) that isn't particularly happy to be back from the dead or thrilled about all the stitches. Helena Bonham Carter may, at several points in this film, actually be channelling Ramtha. The supporting cast couldn't be peopled with better performers (Tom Hulce, John Cleese, Ian Holm) but they all look like they're ringside at some Ultimate Fighting competition. A must for any midnight movie collector for the shock factor alone. A hoot. -Keith Simanton.

Review Connoisseur Video / The Tenderness Of Wolves [1973]
Actors & Directors
  • Margit Carstensen
  • Kurt Raab
  • Jeff Roden
  • Wolfgang Schenck
  • Ingrid Caven
  • Ulli Lommel
Release date: 1998-06-08
Run time: 80 min.
Creator: Michael Fengler
RRP: £15.99
Price: £29.99

Review The Tenderness Of Wolves [1973] / Connoisseur Video:


Review Entertainment in Video / I Know What You Did Last Summer [1997]
Actors & Directors
  • Jim Gillespie
  • Ryan Phillippe
  • Sarah Michelle Gellar
  • Anne Heche
  • Freddie Prinze Jr.
  • Jennifer Love Hewitt
Release date: 1998-11-02
Run time: 96 min.
Creator: Lois Duncan
RRP: £5.99
Price: £1.38

Review I Know What You Did Last Summer [1997] / Entertainment in Video:

Just what the world needs, another riff on that post-Psycho horror cliché: the slasher movie. In this version, which considerably dumbs down the Lois Duncan book, the bad guy chases naughty teenagers with a hook, all the while dressed as a dark version of the Gorton's fisherman. They seem to have killed someone in a car accident while out partying, and a price must be paid. Nothing new is added to the genre by I Know What You Did Last Summer, though it would be unfair not to note that this does have some scary moments. That is about all it has, because as much as this wanted to be another Scream, it hasn't the heart or the script. It does, however, have the requisite cast of small-screen stars (including Party of Five's Jennifer Love Hewitt and Buffy herself, Sarah Michelle Gellar) to have snagged box-office success, spawning a sequel. -Rochelle O'Gorman.

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Wolf [1994], Babylon 5 - Vol. 4.07 - Rumours, Bargains And Lies / Moments Of Transition [1994], Rumik World - Maris The Wondergirl, The Seventh Curse - Special Edition - Plus Cinema Trailer, Tenchi Muyo - Vol. 4 [1993], Godzilla - The Return Of Godzilla [1984] [1998], Babylon 5 - In The Beginning [1998], Todd McFarlane's Spawn - Episodes 7 And 8, Millennium - Vol. 7 - Force Majeure / The Thin White Line [1996], Babylon 5 - Vol. 4.05 - Atonement / Racing Mars [1994], Millennium - Vol. 8 - Sacrament / Walkabout [1996], July 13th, Babylon 5 - Vol. 7 - Signs And Portents / TKO [1994], Invasion For Flesh And Blood [1996], The Seventh Curse, Godzilla VS Hedorah [1971], The Curse Of The Vampire [1971], Mary Shelley's Frankenstein [1994], The Tenderness Of Wolves [1973], I Know What You Did Last Summer [1997]

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